Beam Sandboxes vs HopX

Beam Sandboxes costs $0.0675 per vCPU-hour and HopX costs $0.0504 per vCPU-hour. Beam Sandboxes runs containers, offers GPUs and has no session limit. HopX runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Beam Sandboxes

Cloud sandboxes for running AI-generated code.

Isolation: Container
Free tier: Not listed
Max session: No limit

Visit site Beam Sandboxes profile

HopX

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents.

Isolation: Firecracker microVM
Free tier: $200 credit
Max session: No limit

Visit site HopX profile

What is different

4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Field

Beam Sandboxes

HopX

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; HopX: $0.0162
Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; HopX: Firecracker microVM
SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Beam Sandboxesbeam.cloud/pricing

HopXhopx.ai/pricing

Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.0675; HopX: $0.0504
RAM, per GiB-hour: Beam Sandboxes: $0.02304; HopX: $0.0162
Storage: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $0.000108 per GiB-hour
Free tier: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: $200 credit
Paid plan from: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Pay as you go
Billing: Beam Sandboxes: Per second; HopX: Per second

Limits

Max session: Beam Sandboxes: No limit; HopX: No limit
Idle stop: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Beam Sandboxes: Container; HopX: Firecracker microVM
GPU: Beam Sandboxes:; HopX: Not listed
Snapshots: Beam Sandboxes:; HopX: Not listed
Pause and resume: Beam Sandboxes:; HopX:

Developer

SDKs: Beam Sandboxes: Python, TypeScript; HopX: Python, JavaScript
Integrations: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: MCP

Trust

License: Beam Sandboxes: Not listed; HopX: Not listed
BYOC: Beam Sandboxes: In your AWS, GCP, or Azure account; HopX: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Beam Sandboxes

HopX

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.114; HopX: $0.083
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.227; HopX: $0.166
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Beam Sandboxes: $0.454; HopX: $0.331

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Beam Sandboxes fits when

You need GPUs.
You need snapshots.
You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
You need SOC 2 Type II.

HopX fits when

You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
You use MCP.
You want the lower list price: $0.166 against $0.227 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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